How to organise a bake sale
Bake sales are a great way to fundraise and a way to bring friends, family or colleagues together. Read out tips on planning your fundraiser.
Every bake makes a difference to fund research for people living with kidney disease.
Step-by-step guide to holding a bake sale
1. Register your bake sale
- Tell us about your bake sale so we know you're planning a fundraiser and this helps us to support you and track how you're getting on.
2. Pick you perfect bake sale date and location
- Choose a date when people will be around to buy your bakes
- Book your space - school, work, community hall, shop, home, etc. Make sure it’s where you’ll have lots of footfall
- Make sure there’s plenty of room to display your bakes
3. Set up your fundraising page
- Create your online fundraising page
- Add details about your bake sale and why you’re baking
- Share your story, post photos
- This makes it easy for people to donate
4. Download your materials
- Get posters, bunting, all your materials and some fundraising tips.
- Display them to spread the word
5. Spread the word about your bake sale
- Share on WhatsApp, Facebook, email and at work/school
- Ask friends, family and colleagues to support you
- Invite everyone to come and buy a treat
6. Get baking
- Bake cakes, biscuits, brownies, anything goes
- Ask others to bake too if they can
- Prepare everything ready for sale day
7. Sell your bakes and celebrate your success
- Take photos of your bakes and stall
- Share how much you’ve raised
- Be proud of what you’ve done
Why your fundraiser matters
You don’t need to be a researcher to change lives. Sometimes, it starts with baking a cake. Every slice sold at your bake sale helps power the research that transforms treatments and brings us closer to ending kidney disease.
Kidney disease affects 1 in 10 people in the UK and there is still no cure. We believe this isn’t good enough only research will change this.
That’s why your bake sale matters so much. The money you raise for Kidney Research UK will help fund lifechanging research and give hope to millions.
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